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This is a story from the More Famous Composers collection.

Marco Saverio Bobbio, notario a Richieri, con il passare degli anni ha perso la fede in Dio. Finché un inaspettato mal di denti gli farà riconsiderare il suo rapporto con la religione cristiana.

Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte des tyrannischen Gymnasialsprofessors Raat, der von der ganzen Stadt als "Professor Unrat" verspottet wird. Der 57-jährige ist verwitwet und hat sich von seinem Sohn losgesagt, weil dieser viermal durchs Examen gefallen ist und sich mit unverheirateten Frauen in der Öffentlichkeit zeigt. Eines Tages verliebt sich Raat jedoch selbst in die "Barfußtänzerin" Rosa Fröhlich, die in dem Vergnügungslokal "Der blaue Engel" auftritt. Er geht mit ihr eine Beziehung ein und heiratet sie schließlich. Nachdem er seine Stellung verliert, trudelt er immer mehr dem Abgrund entgegen.

At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evening's entertainment. Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.

In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River and much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The retreating Confederate army is being replaced by Red Legs, irregulars commanded by a maniacal figure, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom. When Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she goes on the run with Florence Milton, an abolitionist schoolteacher, dodging the local constable and the slavecatchers that prowl the bayous.

Women make over 80% of healthcare decisions in the U.S., yet only 4% of all medical research and development is focused on women's health issues. From periods and childbirth to menopause, female pain has been normalized, as society shrugs and says "Welcome to being a woman," instead of coming up with better solutions. But it doesn't have to be this way. In The Vagina Business, award-winning journalist Marina Gerner, Ph.D. takes an eye-opening look at the innovators challenging the status quo to deliver the healthcare solutions women need.

The angels are also evolving beings who are growing towards a standard of perfection. They are our fellow citizens upon this planet and in this solar system. We may think of them as our less material brethren, born of the same Parent, divine in their origin as we are divine, and traveling towards the same goal, which is union with God and perfect manifestation of divine attributes.

Me llamo Dan Ventura, aunque algunos me conocen como Danger. Soy un exconvicto y estoy lejos de ser una buena persona. He matado a más de un hombre y mi familia controla el narcotráfico de la parte noroeste de México. Eso no quita que tenga mi corazoncito y que siga colgado de mi primer amor: Amanda Grayson.

Tomi est indomptable. Espiègle, têtu, malin, rebelle, bref, Tomi a 14 ans. Du haut de son arbre préféré, il rêve de filles, d'avenir, de gloire. Mais nous sommes en Hongrie et en 1944. L'adolescent, juif, est déporté avec son père et son meilleur ami. Pour échapper à la mort, il se dit tailleur : le voilà affecté au raccommodage des uniformes rayés. Son coup de bluff se transforme alors en coup de foudre : Tomi tombe fou amoureux de la couture, vocation qui sauvera sa peau et illuminera son destin.

Malevolent spirits haunt the many burial mounds and earthworks in the Ohio Valley. The Book of Enoch foretold that the spirits of the giant race born from the unholy union of women and fallen angels (aliens) would remain earthbound. The burial mounds were portals that connected the living with the dead. These ethereal spirits manifest as fairies, shadow people, and cryptids. Herein are first-hand accounts of people who have witnessed paranormal activity and these entities at burial mounds and earthworks sites in the Ohio Valley.

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago, keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Una historia valiente y arriesgada de la mano de uno de los autores más conocidos de las letras japonesas. En ella, el autor narra las guerras civiles que sacudieron Japón en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI desde el punto de vista de las mujeres: madres, esposas e hijas, en un poderoso ejercicio narrativo que les otorga voz a aquellas que quedaron silenciadas por la Historia.

Obsession, terreur et perversion : vous laisserez-vous entraîner dans l’abîme ? Plongez dans les ténèbres de New York avec Damon Dark, célèbre pour les « Murder Party » qu’il organise dans son manoir. En vrai maître de l'horreur, il ne connaît aucune limite. Alors quand il découvre une jolie blonde recouverte de sang dans une ruelle, Damon y voit une marque du destin : elle sera la prochaine proie de ses chasses.

In suburban Indiana we meet Lina, the homemaker and mother of two whose marriage, after a decade, has lost its passion. Starved for affection, Lina battles daily panic attacks and, after reconnecting with an old flame through social media, embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. In North Dakota we meet Maggie, the 17-year-old high school student who allegedly has a clandestine physical relationship with her handsome, married English teacher; the ensuing criminal trial will turn their quiet community upside down.

To him who has Faith all things are possible. Faith is that something in man that transcends every form of limitation and opens the mind to the limitless powers of the soul. It is faith that emancipates the person; it is faith that unfolds the unbounded greatness of the soul; it is faith that removes the veil of mystery and reveals to man that wonderful world, that limitless world, that divinely beautiful world that is within.

Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then, Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a catch: The twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way.

Stories and poems from thirty-nine UK based writers of the Global Majority from African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Carribean, South American, Chinese and Malay communities write about maps and mapping. Stories and poems of finding oneself and getting lost, colonialism and diaspora, childhood exploration and adult homecoming.

Es 1943 y la neutralidad de Suecia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial está bajo presión. Laura Dahlgren, la brillante y joven mano derecha del negociador jefe del gobierno está al tanto de estas tensiones. Sin embargo, cuando la mejor amiga de Laura de la época universitaria, Britta, es descubierta asesinada a sangre fría, Laura está decidida a encontrar al asesino.

Blythe Connor doesn't want history to repeat itself. Violet is her first child and she will give her daughter all the love she deserves. All the love that her own mother withheld. But firstborns are never easy. And Violet is demanding and fretful. She never smiles. Soon Blythe believes she can do no right - that something's very wrong. Either with her daughter, or herself. Her husband, Fox, says she's imagining it. But Violet's different with him. And he can't understand what Blythe suffered as a child. No one can. Blythe wants to be a good mother.

Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved foster parents, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her. Yet the day she arrives, she learns that a local teenage girl has gone missing.